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**vforvandetta** · 11-20-2011, 05:16 AM

The other side of this position is that it is skillful to " put our money where our mouth is ", so to speak, and rather than buying wisdom, maybe the individuals choose to now spend their money at the centre rather than the pub or to buy a new consumer item. Well not necessarily, because that money could go to the sick or starving, rather than pay some of the over-inflated prices mentioned. How wealthy do some Buddhist organisations need to be?

How many statues and decorative what-nots do they realistically need at some of the centres? What does that have to do with the Buddha's teachings ?

11-20-2011, 05:16 AM	#10
vforvandetta Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	The other side of this position is that it is skillful to " put our money where our mouth is ", so to speak, and rather than buying wisdom, maybe the individuals choose to now spend their money at the centre rather than the pub or to buy a new consumer item. Well not necessarily, because that money could go to the sick or starving, rather than pay some of the over-inflated prices mentioned. How wealthy do some Buddhist organisations need to be? How many statues and decorative what-nots do they realistically need at some of the centres? What does that have to do with the Buddha's teachings ?
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